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IN THE NEWS: NY Times Magazine (October 18, 2017)
[From the article “When the Revolution Came for Amy Cuddy” by Susan Dominus at nytimes.com] “As a young social psychologist, she played by the rules and won big: an influential study, a viral TED talk, a prestigious job at Harvard. Then, suddenly,…
Read MoreMUELLER-LANGER, FECHER, HARHOFF & WAGNER: What Matters for Replication
NOTE: This entry is based on the paper, “The Economics of Replication” Replication studies are considered a hallmark of good scientific practice (1). Yet they are treated among researchers as an ideal to be professed but not practised (2, 3)….
Read MoreRICHARD PALMER-JONES: Replication Talk Costs Lives: Why are economists so concerned about the reputational effects of replications?
Michael Clemens’ recent working paper “The Meaning of Failed Replications: A Review and Proposal” echoes concerns expressed by some replicatees and economists more generally Ozler, 2014, for example, about the potentially damaging effects of a claim of failed replication on…
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